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Is AI Dangerous? That Dependsâ€¦

vendredi 13 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Math, Physics, Society & Policy, Evolution, Technology, Communications, Computing, Consumer Electronics

Somewhere in the long list of topics that are relevant to astrobiology is the question of ‘intelligence’. Is human-like, technological intelligence likely to be common across the universe? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

A Stormy Arctic Is the New Normal [Excerpt]

vendredi 13 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Everyday Science, History of Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Clean Air Policy, Climate, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Health

The Arctic is changing fast -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Why Romantic Illusions Are a Good Thing

jeudi 12 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Everyday Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience, Psychology, Thought & Cognition

Scientists believe that idealizing one's partner can work as a self-fulfilling prophecy, where illusion eventually becomes reality. That is to say, people can help to create the partners they wish... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Darwin's Finches Get Their Genomes Sequenced

jeudi 12 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, History of Science, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

The genomes of all 15 of these finch species have been sequenced, pinpointing a gene responsible for the famous beak variations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Critically Endangered Tarantula Links India and Sri Lanka

jeudi 12 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

For thousands of years a thin bridge of sand and rock connected mainland India with the island of Sri Lanka. The 30-kilometer stretch known as Rama's (or Adam's) Bridge disappeared centuries... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Lowly Sponges Conceal Astounding Architecture

jeudi 12 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology

To look at a rock sponge, which usually has all the visual appeal of a potato, you would never guess that inside lies the Notre Dame of animal skeletons. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Brian J. Ford's Aquatic Dinosaurs Claim Holds No Water

mercredi 11 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, History of Science, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Via bizarre and unexpected circumstances I recently* found myself secretly and furtively attending a lecture by Brian J. Ford. Ford is a British author and researcher who dabbles widely in matters of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Nuclear Blasts May Prove Best Marker of Humanity's Geologic Record [in Photos]

mardi 10 février 2015 — More Science, History of Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Archaeology & Paleontology, Technology

When did the Anthropocene begin? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

Crows Understand Analogies

mardi 10 février 2015 — Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Mind & Brain, Thought & Cognition

What birds can teach us about animal intelligence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Scientific American

â€œBionic Leafâ€ Makes Fuel from Sunlight

lundi 9 février 2015 — More Science, Biology, Chemistry, Everyday Science, Society & Policy, Energy & Sustainability, Alternative Energy Technology, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Biotechnology, Technology, Energy Technology